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Collection Area Visual Arts Archive Reference (shelfmark) Photo 1063 Material Type Photographs

1. Photo 1063

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1063
Title:
Photographs of the Construction of the Cauvery-Mettur Dam and associated canals. Photographer(s): Klein and Peyerl; New York Times
Scope & Content:
Collection of 14 loose prints showing construction work on the Cauvery Mettur Dam Scheme, accompanied by a typescript list of captions and additional notes. The majority are reproduced in C. G. Barber, History of the Cauvery-Mettur Project (Madras, 1940). Print 15 is unrelated to this series and...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1927-1934
Extent:
15 items

2. Photo 1063(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1063(1)
Title:
Cauvery-Mettur Dam Project. Grand Anicut Canal. The Irwin Bridge at Tanjore. Photographer: New York Times Studios
Scope & Content:
View looking along the canal towards the masonry bridge. The bridge was unofficially opened by Lord Irwin in December 1929. Reproduced as plate 36 in C. G. Barber, History of the Cauvery-Mettur Project (Madras, 1940). [Gelatin silver print, 201x106mm].
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1929
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1063(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1063(2)
Title:
Cauvery-Mettur Dam Project. Aqueduct of the Grand Anicut Canal crossing the Agniar River. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View looking along the aqueduct from the riverbank. The accompanying typescript note reads: Grand Anicut Canal. The aqueduct where the Grand Anicutr Canal crosses over the Agniar River at a higher level 24 miles south of Tanjore. A road bridge is carried by the side of the canal across the Agnia...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1063(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1063(3)
Title:
Cauvery-Mettur Dam Project. Grand Anicut Canal Head-sluice. Photographer: New York Times Studios
Scope & Content:
View looking along the canal towards the sluice. The accompanying typescript note reads: Grand Anicut Canal Head-sluice. The water from the dam after flowing down the Cauvery river bed for 125 miles reaches the Grand Anicut, a low dam across the river. Here the water is diverted through this hea...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1063(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1063(4)
Title:
Cauvery-Mettur Dam Project. The maximum flood of 1933 spilling over the gap left for it in the dam during construction. The water going over the crest was 17 feet deep. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View looking along the dam under construction. Reproduced as plate 27 in C. G. Barber, History of the Cauvery-Mettur Project (Madras, 1940). [Gelatin silver print, 200x117mm].
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1063(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1063(5)
Title:
Cauvery-Mettur Dam Project. Panoramic view of the new storage reservoir built by the Madras Government. Photographer: Klein and Peyerl
Scope & Content:
Panoramic view looking across the dam, with river below running off to the right. The accompanying typescript note reads: Panoramic view of the new storage reservoir built by the Madras Government. The high floods of the Cauvery River are stored and let down the river later for irrigating 1000,0...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1063(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1063(6)
Title:
Cauvery-Mettur Dam Project. The new dam across the Cauvery River. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View looking towards the dam from downriver. The accompanying typescript note reads: The new dam across the Cauvery River in Southern India. The largest single block of masonry in the world. Fifty-five million cubic feet of masonry went into its construction. Picture of the incomplete dam in 193...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1933
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1063(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1063(7)
Title:
Cauvery-Mettur Dam Project. The River Cauvery at Mettur in 1927 when the work had just started. 'Tiger Hill' is in the background and by the river bank is the tree which appears in the picture of the completed dam. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
General view looking across the river towards Tiger Hill. [Gelatin silver print, 198x117mm].
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1927
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1063(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1063(8)
Title:
Cauvery-Mettur Dam Project. 7000 cubic feet of water a second being discharged through the sluices ultimately intended to drive turbines and generate electricity. Photographer: Klein and Peyerl
Scope & Content:
Close view of sluices discharging water. Reproduced as plate 48 in C. G. Barber, History of the Cauvery-Mettur Project (Madras, 1940). [Gelatin silver print, 201x150mm].
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1930
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1063(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1063(9)
Title:
Cauvery-Mettur Dam Project. A comprehensive view of the Stanley Dam, view from the right flank. Photographer: Klein and Peyerl
Scope & Content:
Compare with print 5. Reproduced as plate 29 in C. G. Barber, History of the Cauvery-Mettur Project (Madras, 1940). [Gelatin silver print, 287x207mm].
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1934
Extent:
1 item